Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will appeal to a higher court after a Dallas County judge rejected his request to block the State Fair of Texas' new policy barring guns on its grounds.
Texas attorney general will appeal to new 15th Court of Appeals after a Dallas County judge rejected request to block the fair’s policy barring guns.Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction was rejected, with the judge saying there was insufficient evidence showing any laws were broken by the new gun restriction at the State Fair of Texas.
Judge Emily Tobolowsky, in a court hearing Thursday, rejected Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction, saying there was insufficient evidence showing any laws were broken by the new restriction.State attorneys did not say during the hearing whether they planned to appeal and declined to comment to reporters outside the courtroom. They filed aat the fair last year.
Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall symbol of the State Fair of Texas, gets installed, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Fair Park in Dallas.The case will be among the first ones heard in the 15th Court of Appeals. The Texas Legislature created the Austin-based appeals court last year. It is the venue for cases from the state’s business courts, appeals brought by or against the state and disputes over the constitutionality of state laws.
, Staff writer. Chase Rogers is on the breaking news desk at The Dallas Morning News. He grew up in Granbury, Texas, and studied journalism at Texas State University in San Marcos. He previously reported for the Austin American-Statesman and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Reach him at 239-6527.
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